2378 Stories
TECHi Inspiration spotlights the founders, startups, and visionaries building the future. From billion-dollar funding rounds to bootstrapped breakthroughs, this section tells the human stories behind the technology. The ambition, the risk, and the execution that turns ideas into industry-defining companies.
Are The Economics of the Web Making Us Stupid?
Whenever someone talks about how the internet is making us stupid, I tend to get a little skeptical.After all, for...
Rushin’ Roulette – Ternovskiy Brings Down the Chathammer
"I believe that Chatroulette was great in the first honeymoon days after it was launched," says Andrey Ternovskiy, the founder...
Will Wikileaks Rock Traditional Media Too?
Now that 90,000 military documents about US military activity in Afghanistan, you can almost be assured that some revelation will...
New Photo App Lets You Travel Through Time
You know what the internet loves? Nostalgia. Seriously. I mean, have you ever heard of Tumblr? It's full of people...
“The DMCA Says WHAT? It’s Time to Fix That Nonsense.”
Woah. This is big. You know how the DMCA says it's illegal to, say, crack the DRM on a DVD...
Prop Designer is One Daft Punk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0TBZeCgL0E Maybe you've heard of Harrison Krix. But you probably haven't, so let me give it to you straight: this...
Does Flipboard Represent the Future of Media?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2vpvEDS00o&hd=1 To say that the media world - particularly print media - is in a bit of a state right...
The Biggest Waste Of Time On The Planet Just Got Wastier
Oh man. Guys. Check it. I've wasted too much of my morning on this already, and hopefully, you will too....
Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist – Only In Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg After this morning, a regular fountain is going to have a seriously hard time impressing me. Built by KOEI...
The Queen Is On Flickr
We are not amused. The royal family now has a Flickr account to add to their Twitter account and YouTube...
Five Apps To Declutter Your Online Life
Notifications continue to interrupt customers, inboxes are flooded, and files are scattered everywhere and focus is undermined, a trend that...
Worst. Internet. Job. Ever
The web is littered with tales of angry designers, coders and bloggers who just can't get their due. Slaving in...
4 Things Microsoft Could Learn From Steve Jobs
What words come to mind when asked to describe Microsoft today? Cool, stylish, revolutionary, and innovative are probably out of...
Netflix Goes North
Every comment thread on the internet that mentions Netflix abides by one simple rule: it must have that one Canadian...
Three Ways The Web Is Changing Our Identities
So often in the contemporary era, we talk about how the web is changing the world around us: of how...
Yes, I’ll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please
It's no secret that Apple is big in Japan. That everything is big in Japan is besides the point -...
Ministry Of Sound Oversteps Their Jurisdiction
For the less trendy (and the less British) among us, I'll come right out and say it: The Ministry of...
Viral Writing Analyzer Offers No Solace For The Literate
Assuming you're down with this whole 'the internet' thing, you've probably tripped and fell over this I Write Like site...
Old Skool Super Mario, Old Skool Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fsPaAkcag Straight up awesome. The video says it all, so I won't spell it out, but if you've ever played...
Sony Taps a Different Market: Music Snobs
Confession time: I am an elitist, judgmental, hoity-toity snobbish audiophile. I reject mainstream music. I buy 400 dollar headphones without...